A morning of work and exchange brought together middle level teachers with proposals for innovation in teaching and learning experiences.
The alliance between innovation and education generates an ecosystem that brings young people closer to science and technology from a diversity approach and contributes to closing the gender digital divide. Teachers of all subjects have the key role of leading spaces in which boys and girls acquire knowledge in relation to STEAM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics and Art), develop entrepreneurial skills and investigate the design of technologies with social impact.
To foreground the strategic role of educators Girls in Technology y YPF Foundation organized the “Ingenias at school”The meeting was attended by middle school teachers from the areas of La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada. The meeting was held in Y-TEC, The largest applied research center in the country where specialized professionals work on technological research and development programs, a stimulating context for thinking about innovation strategies.
The proposal was clear: to provide teachers with tools to take to the classroom and to accompany adolescents in the inquiry and search for vocations so that more and more women study careers related to science, engineering, technology and mathematics. During the meeting, presentations were made in stands and workshops in which teaching and learning experiences based on projects and theoretical and practical knowledge in relation to STEAM disciplines with a focus on innovation and gender were discussed.
The educational community that participated in the event was able to acquire conceptual tools about these disciplines, learn about the problem of the gender gap through data and the impact it has on society, investigate the approach of programming and design with social impact and develop concrete proposals to implement methodologies of the entrepreneurial technology ecosystem in their daily practices.
Girls in Technology y YPF Foundation work together with educators from all over the country to weave networks and transform realities. “Ingenias at school”was a contribution to collectively contribute to local development from a diversity and social impact approach.
